Rocks Vocabulary

Study of Earth and its processes and features

• rocks

• geology

• igneous rocks

• lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Groups of minerals packed tightly together

• geology

• rocks

• igneous rocks

• magma

Rocks formed from cooling magma or lava

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

Chemical makeup of a rock

• lava

• magma

• weathering

• composition

Rocks that have had their minerals transformed by extreme heat and/or pressure

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

Molten rock ON the surface of Earth

• lava

• magma

Rocks formed from bits of weathered rock or remains of tiny organisms being pressed together into a solid mass

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Molten rock BENEATH the surface of Earth

• lava

• magma

Particles of rock broken down by weathering

• composition

• weathering

• cementation

• sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Physical or chemical breakdown of rock at/on/or near the Earth's surface

• composition

• cementation

• weathering

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2